Guid loc target vol rad tx at Arroyo Grande Hospital
1400 E Church St, Santa Maria, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1760510937
$1,424.82
Cash price Discounted cash price What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge. Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$3,329.00
Gross charge Gross charge (chargemaster price) The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this. Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$220.09 with Aetna vs $11,311.00 with Cigna — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →Payer ?Payer The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on. Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509. Full explanation → |
Plan ?Plan The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates. Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $220.09 | ↓ -85% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $220.09 | ↓ -85% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $220.09 | ↓ -85% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $685.22 | ↓ -52% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $918.35 | ↓ -36% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $1,664.50 | ↑ +17% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $2,097.27 | ↑ +47% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,796.36 | ↑ +96% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $2,929.52 | ↑ +106% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $3,062.68 | ↑ +115% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $3,095.97 | ↑ +117% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $3,262.42 | ↑ +129% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $3,329.00 | ↑ +134% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,329.00 | ↑ +134% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $11,311.00 | ↑ +694% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $11,311.00 | ↑ +694% |
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Guid loc target vol rad tx at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $175.64 | $108.27 – $348.87 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $1,858.44 | $485.19 – $485.19 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $287.64 | $530.60 – $530.60 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $294.30 | $119.11 – $15,595.00 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $1,662.09 | $398.07 – $398.07 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $3,692.16 | $208.23 – $633.72 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $410.46 | $94.97 – $797.00 |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $879.13 | $109.83 – $3,151.00 |